Each of the following examples of resume achievement statements hits a bottom line with a quantified result. The statements are taken from lots of different resume samples on this site.

If you glance at the entire resume for any of these achievement statements, you'll notice how the numbers and dollar/percent signs catch your eye and give the resume a sense of credibility. Even if you just scroll down this page, you'll see how the numbers and symbols pop out. That's what you want to have on your resume!

Cultivated an extraordinary level of technician loyalty, achieving a 10+ year tenure among 75% of employees over a 12-year period.

A Managing Director of Operations wrote:

Consolidated four accounting offices into one location, resulting in greater efficiency, streamlined operations and savings of over $500K in payroll alone.

Implemented new travel policy with effective controls, resulting in greater efficiency and consistency in travel planning and a $100K reduction in costs.

Directed an exhaustive search for new office space, negotiated lease agreements and secured sub-tenants in two locations, resulting in savings of $2.5M.

A Director, Client Services wrote:

Designed, built and managed the infrastructure for two new businesses, including the highly successful Corporate Client program, which acquired and developed relationships representing $2.5B in assets within four years.

A Director, Retail Services wrote:

Played executive role in the $10M, four-year re-engineering for Gotcha's U.S. $200M business.

Managed closure of two distribution centers totaling 750K sq. ft. and started up two new distribution centers totaling 1.5M sq. ft.

A Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Customer Support wrote:

Initiated and led the turnaround of this 10-year-old voice messaging company. Grew company from an unprofitable $7M through profitability and IPO to $120M in six years.

Supervised direct and indirect sales organizations in the U.S. and overseas. Increased international revenues from 0% to 30%.

A District Manager wrote:

Profitably managed 60% growth in total business during last three years.

Utilized extensive knowledge and skill of transportation logistics to significantly improve efficiency of deliveries by 35%, effectiveness of manpower by 25%, and accuracy to 95%.

A General Manager wrote:

Led content strategy and dramatic product re-release as executive team member of a $10M subscription and e-commerce decision support site for IT professionals.

As member of the first team dedicated to servicing financial institutions and university accounts, worked with a portfolio of Affinity and Co-branded VISA and Mastercard accounts. Managed a $2.1M budget.

An Investment Manager wrote:

Founding member of Domestic Ventures, the highly successful corporate venture capital arm of Tokyo TIC division, investing $250M and achieving tremendous profitability within two years.

An A/R and Credit Manager wrote:

Cleaned up AR system and brought it within 90% of agreement, enabling company to borrow against that amount.

Attained 300% of planned sales in 1998, 600% in 1999, and 725% in 2000.

A Vice President, Product Management and Solutions Marketing wrote:

Increased quarterly revenues to $1.4M within first year of launching email marketing services. Grew to more than 30 clients and established Online Solutions as the leading provider of premium email marketing services.

A General Manager of Product Management wrote:

Accurately assessed complex user and market information; selected, indexed, and presented over 175 publications, 25 user satisfaction surveys, and a database of over 50,000 IT products.

A Director of Product Management wrote:

Recruited to create, promote, and direct an IT research organization that produced $15M from three revenue streams in its first year.

Conducted resource planning and budgeting; tracked costs to ensure adherence to budgetary limitations. Brought in supplemental service revenue of approximately $1 million with projects averaging $500k.